Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Stony Brook is a university-affiliated academic orthopaedic surgery program built around its main academic medical center, with sister-site rotations at Southampton Hospital and the Northport VA, and elective exposure to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Shriners Hospital for Children, giving residents both tertiary/quaternary and subspecialty pediatric/oncologic exposure. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional, with dedicated PGY-4 research rotation time, PGY-5 protected time to present at AAOS, department-funded presentations, publication stipends, and a formal Research Committee with dedicated PhD faculty overseeing resident projects. The department maintains its own hand surgery fellowship and multiple in-house labs (arthroscopy, microsurgical skills, cellular biology, musculoskeletal), reflecting an academic identity oriented toward evidence-based practice and scholarly output alongside clinical training. Structured educational innovations (PGY-1 Surgical Skills Module, intern bootcamp) and past national scholastic recognition (AAOS Richard Brand Award) suggest the program values residents who engage seriously with structured skill-building and research productivity, not just clinical volume.